Summary:
Obviously, a lonely woman is not expected to take the legal course by approaching the police at first instance." The court while convicting the three observed that the incidents of passing lewd comments while passing through the train and also molesting on the railway platforms, is on the rise and this conviction should set an example for people with such mentality. "A stern message needs to be sent which would act as a deterrent for others while committing the offences alike committed by the accused." The court while convicting the three observed that the incidents of passing lewd comments while passing through the train and also molesting on the railway platformsThe Metropolitan Magistrate court held three senior railway officials who were nearing their retirement, guilty of molesting a woman, a teacher by profession, who was on her way to her school when the fateful incident took place. The court, however, considering the age factor, awarded the molester with rigorous imprisonment of two months, while the other two who passed comments were sentenced to 15 days of simple imprisonment..